Lennart Söderberg

Lennart Söderberg
Personal information
Full name Kurt Lennart Söderberg
Date of birth (1941-07-07)7 July 1941
Place of birth Torpshammar, Sweden
Date of death 13 October 2022(2022-10-13) (aged 81)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1948–1950 Råsunda IS
1950–1959 AIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1961 AIK 7 (1)
1961 GIF Sundsvall
1962–1968 AIK 78 (0)
1968–1970 Ljusdals IF
1970 AIK 0 (0)
1972 Ulriksdals SK
International career
1959 Sweden U19 1 (0)
1961–1964 Sweden U21 5 (0)
1965 Sweden B 3 (0)
1965 Sweden 1 (0)
Managerial career
1967–1969 Ljusdals IF
1971–1972 Ulriksdals SK
1973–1975 Gefle IF
1975–1980 Västerås SK
1981–1982 IFK Eskilstuna
1983–1984 Odds BK
1984 Västerås SK
1985–1986 Vasalunds IF
1987–1989 Gefle IF
1990–1991 Ikast FS
1993[1] Anorthosis Famagusta
1993–1994 Syrianska FC
1994–1997 Västerås SK
1997 IFK Malmö
1998 IFK Eskilstuna
2001 Köpings FF
2004 Västerås SK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kurt Lennart Söderberg (7 July 1941 – 13 October 2022) was a Swedish football player and manager. He won one cap for the Sweden national team in 1965

Playing career

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Söderberg was born in Torpshammar, but his family moved to Solna when he was three years old. He started playing football at age seven in Råsunda IS, later AIK. His nickname became Liston.[1]

Söderberg played for AIK, GIF Sundsvall, Ljusdals IF and Ulriksdals SK between 1959 and 1972. He represented the Sweden U19, U21, B, and A teams between 1959 and 1965, winning one cap for the senior team.[2]

Coaching career

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Söderberg coached Ljusdals IF, Ulriksdals SK, Gefle IF, Västerås SK,[3] IFK Eskilstuna, Odds BK, Vasalunds IF, Ikast FS, Syrianska FC, Anorthosis Famagusta, IFK Malmö and Köpings FF.[4]

Personal life and death

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Söderberg died on 13 October 2022, at the age of 81.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hoffström, Peter (8 October 2022). "Listons sista önskan: "Jag vill ha ett avslut"". Västmanland Läns Tidning (in Swedish). pp. 12–14.
  2. ^ "Lennart Söderberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. ^ VSK Forum - Fotbollstränare
  4. ^ "- AIK - aik.se -". www.aik.se. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ^ Diamant, Jonatan Pinheiro (13 October 2022). "Lennart "Liston" Söderberg är död". Sportbladet. Retrieved 13 October 2022.